Honorific-Prefix: | His Excellency |
Hussein Makhlouf | |
Native Name Lang: | ar |
Office: | Minister of Water Resources |
Term Start: | 13 December 2023 |
President: | Bashar al-Assad |
Predecessor: | Tammam Raad |
Primeminister: | Hussein Arnous |
Office1: | Minister of Local Administration and Environment |
Term Start1: | 22 June 2016 |
Term End1: | 13 December 2023 |
President1: | Bashar al-Assad |
Primeminister1: | Wael Nader al-Halqi Imad Khamis Hussein Arnous |
Predecessor1: | Omar Ibrahim Ghalawanji |
Successor1: | Lamia Youssef Shakour |
Predecessor2: | Zahid Hajj Musa |
Successor2: | Alaa Mounir Ibrahim |
Office2: | Governor of Rif Dimashq Governorate |
Term Start2: | 1 October 2011 |
Term End2: | 22 June 2016 |
President2: | Bashar al-Assad |
Primeminister2: | Adel Safar Riyad Hijab Omar Ibrahim Ghalawanji Wael Nader al-Halqi |
Birth Place: | Latakia, Latakia Governorate, Syria |
Nationality: | Syrian |
Party: | Ba'ath Party |
Children: | 4 |
Residence: | Damascus |
Alma Mater: | Tishreen University |
Occupation: | Civil engineering |
Profession: | Politician, Civil Engineer, Civil servant |
Hussein Jamil Makhlouf (Arabic: حسين جميل مخلوف; born 1964) is a Syrian politician. He is currently Water Resources Minister.[1] [2]
Occupied several posts at the Coast Company for Construction and Building and the General Establishment of Construction and Building, and chaired a project for expanding Lattakia port.[3]
Director of Water Resources Department (2006-2011), chairing joint committees with Lebanon, Jordan, and Turkey on water affairs.
He was Governor of the Damascus Countryside Governate from 2011 to 2016.[4] Between 2016 and 2023, he served as a Local Administration and Environment Minister.